Australia's Children's Courts Today and Tomorrow

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Sheehan, Rosemary (Editor), Borowski, Allan (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Children’s Well-Being: Indicators and Research, 7
• Subjects: Law.; School management and organization.; School administration.; Public law.; Criminology.; Social work.; Experiential research.; Public Law.; Criminology & Criminal Justice.; Psychology Research.; Administration, Organization and Leadership.; Social Work.

The Children’s Court is one of society’s most important social institutions. At the same time, it is steeped in controversy. This is in large measure due to the persistence and complexity of the problems with which it deals, namely, juvenile crime and child abuse and neglect. Despite the importance...